/vr/ - Retro Games

Super Metroid - Control Freak

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/405/

I don't remember Super Metroid having *bad* controls, but after playing with Control Freak, I don't want to go back. The serviceable but sometimes clunky controls of the original game have been adjusted to do exactly what the player wants, when they want it.

I was worried that I would abuse the new "brandish" function - but in actuality I just never used it. Oops. If you want to master the new controls, check this page for information once you've progressed in the game enough to make use of the advanced techniques.

As someone who has now only finished Super Metroid once, I appreciate the changes to "aim up", "select item", and "X-Ray".

Anyone playing Super Metroid, even for the first time, should use this hack.